#161B71#161B71

#161B71 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.144 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B71
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 113)
HSL	hsl(237, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(237, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 76.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.24, 30.54, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.24, 58.25, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(29.07% 0.0021 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(29.07% 0.144 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7024, 2.1463, 15.8387)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B71 #716C16

analogous

#164971 #161B71 #3F1671

triadic

#161B71 #71161B #1B7116

tetradic

#161B71 #711649 #716C16 #16713F

square

#161B71 #711649 #716C16 #16713F

split-complementary

#161B71 #713F16 #497116

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0F3E #161B71 #2027A4 #2C35D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#161B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#161B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B71

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B71	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00246F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.144 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65589b',
    500: '#161b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b71;
$custom-light: #65589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.703,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29067,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B71

secondary

#A7A13C

accent

#E13EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B71

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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